Jobs for People with MS: National MS Society

Overview

GovCIO is looking for a Mid-Level Project Manager to join our Health Clinical Services Product Line team. The candidate needs to have experience in large organizations, preferably with the Department of Veterans Affairs. This position will be fully remote within the United States with core hours of operation from Monday to Friday from 8 AM to 5 PM ET.

Responsibilities

The candidate will be responsible for the day-to-day planning and coordination, status reports with issues and risks tracking and monitoring. Good communication and interpersonal skills are required in order to build relationships with not only direct supporting clients, but various stakeholders throughout the entire organization. The candidate, with minimal direction, will develop and maintain project-level operational processes, tools, and resources, leveraging best practices for across the project. The environment is dynamic, and the needs of the client are often evolving. As such, problem-solving, rapid learning, analytic skills, and carrying the innovative mindset needed to lead our clients through conceptualization, strategic planning, and execution are required to succeed in this position.

• Support Product Managers by managing and driving key PMO processes to ensure successful delivery of value to the Business.

• Understand existing processes and identifying how to improve and streamline them to improve team efficiency and effectiveness in alignment with VA SAFe based Product Line Management Framework.

• Be responsible in driving issues to a successful resolution.

• Responsible for collecting, analyzing, managing, and reporting key Product Line execution status and metrics across all aspects of the product development lifecycle.

• Ensure capture and monitor action items status, produce, and communicate meeting minutes and drive action to their proper resolution or conclusion.

• Identify and manage risks and issues impacting the progress and outcome of the sub-product line.

• Provide in depth reporting support. Take ownership of the status report and prepare detailed updates that go to Senior Leadership.

• Support fast turnaround requests for data. Be able to understand the ask and request data from the appropriate team member.

• Investigate business processes to identify possible improvements in process and in technological support.

• Evaluate business processes and develop pros and cons associated with best practices that reach optimal outcomes.

• Leverage excellent writing skills to translate complicated issues from multiple information sources into a clear point of view, and create a compelling, concise, and well-written narrative.

• Leverage excellent presentation development skills to synthesize complex information into succinct visualizations using PowerPoint and work with graphic designers to develop advanced visualizations.

• Clearly identify project stakeholders and establish customer classes, as well as their characteristics.

• Conduct interviews to gather customer requirements via workshops, questionnaires, surveys, site visits, workflow storyboards, use cases, scenarios, and other methods.

• Work with stakeholders and project team to prioritize collected requirements.

• Communicate changes, enhancements, and modifications of business requirements — verbally or through written documentation — to project managers, sponsors, and other stakeholders so that issues and solutions are understood.

Qualifications

Required Skills and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Systems, Business or related scientific/technical discipline is required with 5 years of related experience; 5 – 7 years of additional relevant experience may be substituted for education

• Demonstrated excellent skills working in MS Word and MS Excel, building PowerPoint decks, and proficiency with MS Teams, SharePoint, and Visio

• Demonstrated expertise in editing documents, preparing impact statements, and providing meeting support (e.g., scheduling, preparing materials, facilitating, documenting, and distributing minutes, etc.)

• Excellent written and oral communication skills

• Exceptional quality assurance skills, especially proofreading skills for accuracy and completeness

• Meticulous organizational and time management skills

• Be flexible to change in direction at a moment’s notice while also tracking/executing tasks in progress

• Ability to think “outside of the box” while communicating or dealing with a variety of situations

• Critical and analytical thinking abilities with great attention to detail

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Certified SAFe

• Proficient with Jira

• Experience with Power BI, GitHub, JIRA, Confluence, SharePoint, and Teams

• VA project management experience

• Proficient with VA Product (Line) Accountability and Reporting System (VAPARS).

• Strong facilitation, written and communication skills.

Clearance Required

• Ability to obtain and maintain a Suitability/Public Trust clearance.

Company Overview

GovCIO is a team of transformers--people who are passionate about transforming government IT. Every day, we make a positive impact by delivering innovative IT services and solutions that improve how government agencies operate and serve our citizens.

But we can't do it alone. We need great people to help us do great things - for our customers, our culture, and our ability to attract other great people. We are changing the face of government IT and building a workforce that fuels this mission. Are you ready to be a transformer?

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. EOE, including disability/vets.

Posted Pay Range

The posted pay range, if referenced, reflects the range expected for this position at the commencement of employment, however, base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, education, experience, and internal equity. The total compensation package for this position may also include other compensation elements, to be discussed during the hiring process. If hired, employee will be in an “at-will position” and the GovCIO reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, GovCIO or individual department/team performance, and market factors.

Posted Salary Range

USD $110,000.00 - USD $120,000.00 /Yr.

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Location US-Remote

ID 2024-4243

Category Project/Program Management

Position Type Full-Time